The Europe XI is an association football scratch team mainly consisting of players from the UEFA region but, on occasion, players hailing from other continents playing for European teams are invited to play. The European XI play one-off games against clubs, national teams, collectives of other confederations, or a World XI made up of players from all the other continents. Because of this, no governing body in the sport officially recognises the team and each incarnation of the team is not seen as a continuation of any other.Mittendrin statt nur dabei The causes for these games are anniversaries, testimonials or for charity. Proceeds earned from the games are donated to good causes and the players, coaching staff, and stadium owners are not paid for the event. In recent years, these games have been broadcast live on television.Stars descend on Manchester
Matches Date Opponent Stadium Result Goals for Europe XI Reason 26 October 1938 Arsenal Stadium, London 0–3 75th anniversary of the FAWednesday, 26 October 1938: England 3 Rest of Europe 0, England Football OnlineMatches of Supranational Representative Teams 1937–1970, RSSSF 10 May 1947 Hampden Park, Glasgow 1–6 Gunnar Nordahl Home Nations return to FIFAEngland Player Honours – International Representative Teams, England Football OnlineGreat Britain's Easy Win Over The Rest Of Europe, video footage from official Pathé News archive 21 October 1953 Wembley, London 4–4 Laszlo Kubala (2×), Giampiero Boniperti (2×) 90th anniversary of the FAWednesday, 21 October 1953: England 4 Rest of the World 4, England Football Online 13 August 1955 Windsor Park, Belfast 4–1 Jean Vincent, Bernard Vukas (3×) 75th anniversary of the Irish Football Association 20 May 1964 Scandinavia Idrætsparken, Copenhagen 4–2 Jimmy Greaves (2×), Denis Law, Eusébio 75th anniversary of the DBU 23 September 1964 Marakana, Belgrade 7–2 Uwe Seeler (2×), Eusébio (4×), Jose Augusto Skopje earthquake appeal fund 28 April 1965 Victoria Ground, Stoke 6–4 Godfried van den Boer, Ferenc Puskás (2×), Josef Masopust, Laszlo Kubala, Jackie Henderson Stanley Matthews testimonial 27 September 1967 Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid 3–0 Sandro Mazzola, Eusébio, Fernand Goyvaerts Ricardo Zamora testimonial 8 December 1970 Benfica Estádio da Luz, Lisbon 2–3 Uwe Seeler, José Eulogio Gárate Mário Coluna testimonial 23 November 1971 West Ham United Upton Park, London 4–4 Frank McDougall, Rodney Marsh (2×), Jimmy Greaves Geoff Hurst testimonial 1 May 1972 Hamburger SV Volksparkstadion, Hamburg 7–3 Geoff Hurst, Ferenc Bene, Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Kálmán Mészöly, George Best, Eusébio Uwe Seeler testimonial 3 October 1972 South America St. Jakob-Park, Basel 0–2 Pestalozzi charity matchWXI History: 1972 31 October 1973 South America Camp Nou, Barcelona 4–4 Eusébio, Salif Keïta, Juan Manuel Asensi, Kurt Jara FIFA charity match 28 December 1979 Borussia Dortmund Westfalenstadion, Dortmund 2–3 Safet Sušić, Vladimir Petrović Match for UNICEFWXI History: 1975–1979 25 February 1981 Stadio Olimpico, Rome 3–0 Allan Simonsen, Vahid Halilhodžić, Tony Woodcock Flood disaster appeal 2 June 1981 Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu, Istanbul 0–3 75th anniversary of Fenerbahçe 18 August 1981 Letná-Stadion, Prague 0–4 80th anniversary of the Czechoslovak Football Association 7 August 1982 World XI Giants Stadium, New York City 3–2 Kevin Keegan, Bruno Pezzey, Giancarlo Antognoni FIFA charity match for UNICEFWXI History: 1982–1985 7 November 1995 Americas Camp Nou, Barcelona 3–4 Hristo Stoichkov, Arteaga, Igor Korneev UNICEF charity match.Europe v Americas, 7 November 1995Europe vs America, 1995 – Full match & stats on Footballiahttps://www.kodromagazine.com/europa-vs-america-1995-camp-nou-barcelona/ 4 December 1997 World XI Stade Vélodrome, Marseille 2–5 Marius Lacatus, Zinedine Zidane Match played before 1998 FIFA World Cup draw 18 August 1998 Manchester United Old Trafford, Manchester 4–8 Jean-Pierre Papin, Laurent Blanc, Martin Dahlin, Mark Wilson 40th anniversary of the Munich air disaster and Eric Cantona testimonialMU – Europe XI (1998) – youtube.com 16 February 2005 World XI(Ronaldinho XI) Camp Nou, Barcelona 3–6 Alessandro Del Piero, Gianfranco Zola Football for Hope (Indian Ocean Tsunami funds)Zahlreiche Tore und hohe Einnahmen für den Tsunami-Fonds 14 March 2007 Manchester United Old Trafford, Manchester 3–4 Florent Malouda, El Hadji Diouf (2×) UEFA Celebration Matchwww.fifa.com Europäische Nacht im „Theatre of Dreams“Offizielle Vorstellung der Mannschaft „Europe XI“EU und UEFA: Fußballfest zu Ehren EuropasManchester United vs Europe XI – 50th anniversary football match
U18 selection Date Opponent Stadium Result Goals for Europe XI Reason 27 February 2007 U18 Africa XI Mini Estadi, Barcelona 1–6 Aarón Ñíguez (2×), Manuel Fischer (2×), Bojan Krkić, Aleksandr Prudnikov 2007 UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup 1 March 2007 U18 Africa XI Mini Estadi, Barcelona 0–4 Krisztián Németh, Manuel Fischer, Aleksandr Prudnikov, Ádám Dudás 2007 UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup
Players Rosters DateOpponentGoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwardsCoachRef.7 November 1995Americas XI Andoni Cedrún and Florin Prunea Ronald Koeman (c)) Iliyan Kiryakov Abelardo Tibor Selymes and Dan Petrescu Fernando Couto Ruud Heus Michel Guillermo Amor Michalis Kasapis Igor Korneev and Bernd Schuster Pep Guardiola Robert Prosinecki Ilie Dumitrescu Arteaga Hristo Stoichkov Philippe Vercruysse Johan Cruyff and Arsenio IglesiasEurope v Americas, 1995 – 11v11.com21 January 1997Africa XI Edwin van der Sar Stanislav Cherchesov Matthias Sammer (c) Frank de Boer Jürgen Kohler and Stéphane Henchoz Vincent Guérin Paulinho Santos Zvonimir Boban Rui Costa Ronald de Boer and Andreas Möller Pavel Nedvěd João Pinto Jürgen Klinsmann and Domingos Paciência Pierluigi Casiraghi Berti Vogts and Rinus Michels 27 April 1997Rest of World XI Stanley Menzo Ronald Koeman Thomas Berthold Laurent Blanc Georges Grün Christian Karembeu and Jordi Cruyff Eusebio Eric Cantona (c) Gianluca Vialli Tomas Brolin Hristo Stoichkov Roberto Mancini and Elvir Bolic Guy Roux[https://www.11v11.com/matches/europe-v-rest-of-the-world-27-april-1997-247728/ Europe v Rest of the World, 27 April 1997 – 11v11.com]4 December 1997FIFA Rest of World XI Andreas Kopke and Frode Grodås Heimo Pfeifenberger Thomas Berthold Billy Costacurta Fernando Hierro and Slavisa Jokanovic Søren Colding Paul Ince Krasimir Balakov Zinedine Zidane (c) Dominique Lemoine Marius Lacatus Patrick Kluivert Alen Boksic and Gordon Durie Franz Beckenbauer Europe v Rest of the World, Dec 1997 – mygreatest11.com18 August 1998Manchester United Pascal Olmeta Gianluca Festa William Prunier Laurent Blanc and Christophe Galtier Albert Ferrer Joel Cantona Paul Gascoigne Vahirua Mark Hughes Bryan Robson and Lee Sharpe Clive Wilson Eric Cantona (c) Jean-Pierre Papin Martin Dahlin and Stéphane PailleManchester Utd 8 European XI 4 – red11.org
Players with most selections
Testimonial and legends' matches are not included.
PlayerSelectionsEurope XI MatchesMatches for the oppositionNotes Eric Cantona 2 1997, 1998 April 1997 Laurent Blanc 2 1997, 1998 April 1997 Ronald Koeman 2 1995, 1997 April 1997 Hristo Stoichkov 2 1995, 1997 April 1997
List of captains The list includes all matches.
Period Team Captain Notes1995 Ronald Koeman1997 Matthias Sammer1997 Eric Cantona1997 Zinedine Zidane1998 Eric Cantona (ret.)Manchester United match2007 Henrik LarssonUEFA Celebration Match
Coaches
List of coaches PeriodCoachNotes1972 Helenio Herrera and Karl Rappan 1995 Johan Cruyff and Arsenio IglesiasNovember1997 Berti Vogts and Rinus MichelsJanuary1997 Guy RouxApril1997 Franz BeckenbauerDecember2007 Marcello Lippi
Other notable coaches
László Kubala Frank Rijkaard Arsène Wenger José Crahay Karel Lotsy Vittorio Pozzo Nereo Rocco
See also Team Europe World XI Americas XI Africa XI
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